Teaching Ice Cream Making For The New Year

Cathy wanted to do something special for her daughter’s preschool class to teach them about Chinese culture for the Lunar New Year. After she found out that the Chinese were actually the first to invent ice cream, she invited me to teach a lesson on ice cream making at York Preschool on the Upper East Side.

Preschoolers are so funny. I asked them what was in ice cream and one kid replied, “ice”. Man, I love kids!

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Holidays for Family Businesses

People in small business say that “holidays for others are not holidays for us”. Many businesses do a bulk of their sales during the holidays. Family businesses have to especially work hard because during days like Chinese New Year, many people prefer to have off.

What was our Chinese New Year like? At CICF we were definitely understaffed and insanely busy. We don’t get a chance to take it easy because we are so busy preparing the ice cream and the cakes all week long. Everything we do here at CICF comes with a lot of TLC and hard work.

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